purport

英 [pəˈpɔːt , ˈpɜːpɔːt]

美 [pərˈpɔːrt , ˈpɜːrpɔːrt]

v.  自称; 标榜
n.  主要意思; 大意; 主旨

第三人称单数：purports　现在分词：purporting　过去式：purported　过去分词：purported　

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牛津词典

verb

• 自称；标榜
  to claim to be sth or to have done sth, when this may not be true
  1. The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.
     本书无意标榜为那个时期的全史。

noun

• 主要意思；大意；主旨
  the general meaning of sth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 声称；自称；标榜
  If you say that someone or somethingpurports todo or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim.
  1. ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth.
     声称要讲述全部事实的一本书

英英释义

noun

• the pervading meaning or tenor
  1. caught the general drift of the conversation
  Synonym:drift
• the intended meaning of a communication
  Synonym:intentspirit

verb

• propose or intend
  1. I aim to arrive at noon
  Synonym:aimpurposepropose
• have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
  1. The letter purports to express people's opinion

双语例句

• It's difficult to understand the purport of his speech.
  要了解他的演讲的主旨是困难的。
• The purport of what he said is that he is right.
  他说话的涵义是说他是对的。
• The novels of the famous Taiwan authoress Shi Shuqing are deeply influenced by the western literature, and have apparent modernism color, which is maily revealed in her ideology purport and her art of narrative.
  摘要台湾著名女作家施叔青的小说深受西方文学的影响，具有明显的现代主义色彩，这主要表现在其思想主旨和叙事艺术方面。
• Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
  透露给报纸的文件声称是揭露放射性废料正被非法倾倒到此地一事。
• Under the new situation, sports community development opportunities and purport is the focus and interest of the study.
  对新形势下我国体育社团发展面临的机遇及问题进行了研究。
• On the Purport of Montesquieu's Eco-Politics Doctrine
  孟德斯鸠政治学说的生态政治旨趣
• They little guessed what deadly purport lurked in those self-condemning words.
  他们绝少去猜疑，在他那番自我谴责的言辞中潜藏着多么殊死的涵义。
• I published thirteen books the whole purport of which was I am sick.
  我出版了13部著作，全部的要义就可浓缩成这句，我病了。
• The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to create rights.
  《权利法案》的起草者们并未设想去创造权利。
• You need to grasp the general purport of each passage that you read.
  你要领会你所读每段文章的大意。